1887_002 Thomas F Hall to David Eccles_Business

OFFICE OF ECCLES, SPENCER & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER, SHINGLES, FLOORING, RUSTIC SIDING. DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, ETC. ETC. Beaver Canyon, Idaho, Feb 25 1887 D. Eccles Esq Ogden Utah Dear Sir Permit me the pleasure of extending my congratulations for the victory you have just achieved and hope you will be able to fill the position as creditably as your predecessor has done But while I am extending my congratulations I sincerely would have rejoiced more to have seen you defeated not that I wish any misfortune to you but I want to see the municipality pass into the hands of the (gentilez). Now in regards to my trip to Boise City I went there to work for the Asylum bill and remained there about 10 days but found the OFFICE OF ECCLES, SPENCER & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER, SHINGLES, FLOORING, RUSTIC SIDING. DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, ETC. ETC. Beaver Canyon, Idaho,____________188 feeling against this country rather bitter as it had already asked for so much that I could not buy them unless it would cost more than it all amounted to. They defeated the bill in the Council and we got another bill in which the Gov. vetoed to be brief in statements we all got left until we can get another hearing Can Explain better when I see you From Boise C I went to N. Powder where I remained one day am very well pleased with the prospect there but I am afraid the Interstate Commerce bill will effect halling lumber that distance Hall was very kind and anxious to tell me all about the business OFFICE OF ECCLES, SPENCER & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER, SHINGLES, FLOORING, RUSTIC SIDING. DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, ETC. ETC. Beaver Canyon, Idaho,____________188 we spent about half of one night sitting up and talking about you Hall seems to think everything will work smooth the way you have it arranged. I think you ought to send a good man out there to take charge of that planer and get out a large lot of dressed lumber etc. I will want a car Restic and flooring for Blackfoot Hotel in a few days and also a car of long joist - if you can fill it. Pocatello will also need a lot of lumber in the spring that could come from there. We have orders for about 7 cars L but the snow is so deep we cannot do anything it is from 4 to 10 ft deep all OFFICE OF ECCLES, SPENCER & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER, SHINGLES, FLOORING, RUSTIC SIDING. DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, ETC. ETC. Beaver Canyon, Idaho,____________188 over the country here. There are about 300 men here in Camp shoveling snow and then they cannot keep the Canon clear. I met Alf in Blackfoot a few days ago he reports the cattle doing well but our hay is getting scarce and cannot hold out more than 4 weeks longer I told Alf to cut out the strong ones and put them on the reservation and that will make the hay last longer Our loss so far is comparatively nothing but I am afraid of a late Spring. We had a big lot of hay but had to commence feeding DEC 1st and keep it up. I thought we had more hay than needed but this has been OFFICE OF ECCLES, SPENCER & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER, SHINGLES, FLOORING, RUSTIC SIDING. DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, ETC. ETC. Beaver Canyon, Idaho,____________188 a long hard winter. We are killing 3 (?) a week at the ranch and halling them to Pocatello and shipping him a good 4 yr. old nets about $50.00 Going back to N. Powder and taking my (?) up from there I went to Portland and stopped about 3 days Liner up through Washington to Tacoma then up the sound to Seattle looked at all the Mills in that Locality thence back to Portland and then returned via N. P. & U & N did not see a place that I thought was as good as North P. The price of lumber delivered up around the Sound is 6-8,10 owing to quantity and that is to cheap for me OFFICE OF ECCLES, SPENCER & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER, SHINGLES, FLOORING, RUSTIC SIDING. DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, ETC. ETC. Beaver Canyon, Idaho,____________188 getting back to the Camp I find everything blocked with snow most of the lumber is completely covered. Our collections are coming in slow but within the next week we will be able to make some very good deposits it seems as though everybody is hard up we should have had a surplus on hand now but we could not collect ¼ of what is due Thomas D. Stoddard owe me about $700. each which they have been promising to pay for the last 30 days and there are 4 or 5 other accts ranging from 500 to $1000 which are past due and promised long ago to be paid we will do a very good business collecting in the next 10 days

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OFFICE OF ECCLES, SPENCER & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER, SHINGLES, FLOORING, RUSTIC SIDING. DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, ETC. ETC. Beaver Canyon, Idaho, Feb 25 1887 D. Eccles Esq Ogden Utah Dear Sir Permit me the pleasure of extending my congratulations for the victory you have just achieved and hope you will be able to fill the position as creditably as your predecessor has done But while I am extending my congratulations I sincerely would have rejoiced more to have seen you defeated not that I wish any misfortune to you but I want to see the municipality pass into the hands of the (gentilez). Now in regards to my trip to Boise City I went there to work for the Asylum bill and remained there about 10 days but found the OFFICE OF ECCLES, SPENCER & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER, SHINGLES, FLOORING, RUSTIC SIDING. DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, ETC. ETC. Beaver Canyon, Idaho,____________188 feeling against this country rather bitter as it had already asked for so much that I could not buy them unless it would cost more than it all amounted to. They defeated the bill in the Council and we got another bill in which the Gov. vetoed to be brief in statements we all got left until we can get another hearing Can Explain better when I see you From Boise C I went to N. Powder where I remained one day am very well pleased with the prospect there but I am afraid the Interstate Commerce bill will effect halling lumber that distance Hall was very kind and anxious to tell me all about the business OFFICE OF ECCLES, SPENCER & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER, SHINGLES, FLOORING, RUSTIC SIDING. DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, ETC. ETC. Beaver Canyon, Idaho,____________188 we spent about half of one night sitting up and talking about you Hall seems to think everything will work smooth the way you have it arranged. I think you ought to send a good man out there to take charge of that planer and get out a large lot of dressed lumber etc. I will want a car Restic and flooring for Blackfoot Hotel in a few days and also a car of long joist - if you can fill it. Pocatello will also need a lot of lumber in the spring that could come from there. We have orders for about 7 cars L but the snow is so deep we cannot do anything it is from 4 to 10 ft deep all OFFICE OF ECCLES, SPENCER & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER, SHINGLES, FLOORING, RUSTIC SIDING. DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, ETC. ETC. Beaver Canyon, Idaho,____________188 over the country here. There are about 300 men here in Camp shoveling snow and then they cannot keep the Canon clear. I met Alf in Blackfoot a few days ago he reports the cattle doing well but our hay is getting scarce and cannot hold out more than 4 weeks longer I told Alf to cut out the strong ones and put them on the reservation and that will make the hay last longer Our loss so far is comparatively nothing but I am afraid of a late Spring. We had a big lot of hay but had to commence feeding DEC 1st and keep it up. I thought we had more hay than needed but this has been OFFICE OF ECCLES, SPENCER & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER, SHINGLES, FLOORING, RUSTIC SIDING. DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, ETC. ETC. Beaver Canyon, Idaho,____________188 a long hard winter. We are killing 3 (?) a week at the ranch and halling them to Pocatello and shipping him a good 4 yr. old nets about $50.00 Going back to N. Powder and taking my (?) up from there I went to Portland and stopped about 3 days Liner up through Washington to Tacoma then up the sound to Seattle looked at all the Mills in that Locality thence back to Portland and then returned via N. P. & U & N did not see a place that I thought was as good as North P. The price of lumber delivered up around the Sound is 6-8,10 owing to quantity and that is to cheap for me OFFICE OF ECCLES, SPENCER & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF LUMBER, SHINGLES, FLOORING, RUSTIC SIDING. DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, ETC. ETC. Beaver Canyon, Idaho,____________188 getting back to the Camp I find everything blocked with snow most of the lumber is completely covered. Our collections are coming in slow but within the next week we will be able to make some very good deposits it seems as though everybody is hard up we should have had a surplus on hand now but we could not collect ¼ of what is due Thomas D. Stoddard owe me about $700. each which they have been promising to pay for the last 30 days and there are 4 or 5 other accts ranging from 500 to $1000 which are past due and promised long ago to be paid we will do a very good business collecting in the next 10 days